Agitate

imp. & p. p. Agitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agitating

1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
2. To move or actuate. [R.]
3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.

   The mind of man is agitated by various passions.

4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.